NPR's From the Top's is featuring rural musicians, inlcuding Adam Brachman from Fargo. ~~~ Whether you like charcoal, gas, or pellets, it's time for grilling season. We visit with Rick Gion for Prairie Plates. ~~~ May is mental health awareness month. Today we’re going to meet a gentleman who had a career as a web developer…started studying dancing and deuling….and ended up with a career refresh.

There's an upcoming cohort aimed at supporting Indigenous entrepreneurs. We visit with Brenna Ortiz who's hosting the cohort, in partnership wtih StrengthenND. She's the program manager at Native Max, an Indigenous fashion magazine. ~~~ Historian Tom Isern takes us back in time to prohibition with a Plains Folk essay. ~~~ Part interview, part existential game show, veteran NPR host Rachel Martin rips up the typical Q and A script and asks guests to go deep with her new show Wild Card. ~~~ Where we're from shapes who we are. In this episode of Poetry from Studio47, how place shaped poet Joe Wilkins.

NPR's Uri Berliner published an article calling into question some of NPR's reporting. In it, he says he fears NPR over-valued diversity in staffing, resulting in programming that alienates conservative listeners. For this month's Philosophical Currents, we talk with philosopher Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein about DEI, and the many layers of language. ~~~ The popular food delivery service Schwan's is making some changes. Among others, it's now called Yelloh. Harvest Public Media looks at the changes, and what they say about the industry. ~~~ What does it take to be an athlete? We learn about triggers, routine, consistency, and even the role of parents with Professor Dr. Bradford Strand from NDSU's Department of Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences.

Explore summer road trips with Alicia Underlee Nelson; rural journalism; this week's news with Dave Thompson; and Matt Olien's review of 'Housekeeping for Beginners'.

Matthew Shepard's legacy explored at Concordia; ND Republican Gubernatorial debate reviewed; Tom Isern discusses 'book showers' in ND; Prairie Plates features wings.

There's high standards. And then there's perfectionism. A chat w/ Intuitive Business Coach Michelle Vasicek. Audience members ask questions of a Concordia College Panel.

Today is Earth Day and, in this Main Street, we hear "The Catch: Of Cod and Country" about how one of the Arctic’s most valuable fisheries—cod—is being impacted.

John Harris interviews WDAY meteorologist John Wheeler; FM Symphony Orchestra's last 23-24 Concert; news with Dave Thompson and Matt Olien reviews "Civil War."

Assistive tech boosts independence, lending library tour. Tips for buying/preparing steak in Prairie Plates. Preview of Rep. Gubernatorial debate next Tuesday.

Concordia College panel on civility with ex-ND Senator Heitkamp, ex-Gov. Schafer. USDA's new school meal standards and Isern revisits 1913 Canton's book shower tradition.